Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@JaxonH Well, that's a bit disappointing, but I'd much rather have a delayed port than a poorly optimized one.

For bad ports, see RiME.

Take your time, HK... But anyway, sorry to see RiME do poorly on the Switch. Remember when that was the hot new thing for the system?

Some bits from the AMA Psyonix did on r/nintendo:

• Video capture not supported at launch, but they're looking into it.
• Splitscreen not supported during ad hoc (local wireless) multiplayer. They want to add it in an update.

It is a shame.

But that's on the devs. Their game had issues even on power consoles. Switch may be less powerful but these games should be running 1080p docked/720p handheld. At the minimum 720p for both, not a smidge less.

Even DOOM averages just shy of 720p in handheld mode, like 1074x610 or some odd number. But it's one of the most demanding current generation AAA games that exists. When RIME- a much simpler cell shaded game that's not even open world like Zelda can't even do that, and STILL stutters like a slideshow, and that's after doubling the file size and removing assets...? Something has gone terribly wrong.

They have a great vision of what they want their game to be, but they clearly need to become more skilled at actual programming.

I’m also disappointed to hear about Hollow Knight as that’s been one of my most anticipated games.

However, reading those comments from the devs really help me respect them all the more for it. It’s great that they can admit that they had some bad coding and are looking to learn from it and better their game. As opposed to the devs of RiME, who clearly have a poorly coded game yet seem to try to shift the blame.

Anyway, here’s hoping it’s very early 2018!

I was just having a nosy on the Japanese Eshop and noticed Xenoblade 2 is already up to 6th in the charts. Not sure when pre-orders opened but that's pretty impressive for it to be so high with still more than 2 weeks to go before its release. Hopefully that's a good sign it's going to do quite well there. If I remember correctly XCX flopped big time in Japan.

@IceClimbers - I thought LKD had a pretty good track record, maybe 25/75 with rumors. Didn't LKD leak the Rabbids game?

So the nominees for the Game Awards have been revealed.

GOTY nominees:

• Zelda Breath of the Wild
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Persona 5
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

@Caldorosso-E Not really. A lot of her "leaks" are really vague, and still manage to be wrong most of the time. She definitely leaked Mario + Rabbids months ahead of time, though.

@IceClimbers Those first three make me really happy. I'll be satisfied if any of those win.

@IceClimbers Yeah, PUBG is for certain going to win.

Horizon Zero Dawn and Mario Odyssey were my favourites of this year I think.

@IceClimbers Great choices. I haven't played the latter three since I don't have a PS4 and don't use my PC much for gaming nowadays but I've heard lot of good things about each one. I don't care which one ends up winning, they've all deserved it.

I just hope it's not PUBG. That game is fun, but it's certainly not a better game than any of the other games on the list. It's a buggy, unfinished, decently polished at best, early access shooter that happened to bring an under-utilized sub-genre to the table.

Great game, but it would be such a disservice to the other games.

Great choices. My personal choice is Odyssey, it’s a joy of a game.

Arcade Twin-stick shooter "Sleep Tight" has just been announced via NOA's Youtube channel

Breath of the Wild is easily my GOTY. I had such a great time with it, and I often have to force myself to play through my backlog and not just log back into that beautiful world (I'd like to do another run soon, and want the experience to feel fresh).

Persona 5 would be second. It's a bit too long, and random battles quickly devolve into an endless series of all-out attacks once you build up a decent party, but the plot, music, characters, and sheer style of the game were all first-rate. Definitely the best Persona game so far.

Super Mario Odyssey... is fun. A lot of fun. I really enjoyed my time with it. Probably my favorite sandbox Mario game. The game had some issues, but it was well-designed and creative overall. It's just not going to stand out as one of my all-time favorites, though. Once I collect all of the moons, I probably won't play it again for a good long time.

Don't care about the other two, although, if it came down to it, I'd like Horizon to win out over an open-access game.

@Scrummer I was prepared to make a snide comment about yet another twin-stick shooter on the Switch but... that actually looks really cute and fun. I'm interested. Great theme!

Cute that Mintendo has two games on for GotY for 2017.

Surprised that PUBG is a candidate. From what I've seen it's fairly unfinished and was a buggy game. Thems the breaks I guess.

Playing fast and loose with the word 'certain' there..

I have never even heard of these trending gamers on their list. Maybe I should keep a better eye out there.

A good chunk of Mayro on there. Zeld too. Surprisingly it's nominated for best soundtrack too.

Unsurprisingly all the best handheld section is occupied by Ninty games.

Oh and ARMS is nominated for best fighting game. My sweet summer child.

There's actually separate "Best mobile game" and "Best handheld game" categories. Super Mario Run and FE Heroes are nominated for best mobile game.

Hot take cannon time: Zelda BotW got a reputation nomination for Best Score/Music. The few tracks that are there are great, but I wouldn't nominate it for that category.